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Facebook: Facts & Figures For 2010

According to Facebook: Facts & Figures For 2010 , in February 2010, facebook had over 400 million active users worldwide. Compare that to January 2009 which saw 250 million users. There are more than 100 million active users currently accessing facebook through their phones. See why you should build an iphone or smartphone friendly website.

Alice eBook for iPad: Simply Amazing

This video of the Alice In Wonderland eBook for iPad is visual proof of how apple will kill the kindle and probably all paper based books over the coming years. more.

Turn left at the chemist and I'll meet you at the ATM

Now when you visit Google Maps in Australia, it'll be easier to find some of those shops and other businesses you visit most often because when you zoom in, some businesses will be identified by a small representation of their logo.Can't remember the name of a cross street? Next time, try telling someone you'll meet them 'across the road from the ATM'! ...read more

10 Key SEO Strategies Every Facebook Page Owner Should Know

Facebook Pages are increasingly becoming a “second home page” for businesses online. Facebook has recently created many new opportunities for Pages to get more traffic through the tried and true methods of – you guessed it – search engine optimization (SEO)... read more

Twitter SEO the Tiger Woods Way: How Google Ranks Tweets

In a way Google replicated the PageRank algo for Twitter. This one is not based on links it seems but depends on the number of followers and their “reputation”. Simply put: Even in case you get followed only by a few people but they include Matt Cutts, Danny Sullivan and Robert Scoble you’ll get lots of Google Juice for your tweets.... read more

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Website, Intranet & APPLICATION Design & Development in sydney

BLAST web consulting is located in Sydney City, but with the advent of FTP (transfer of files), email and the good old phone many of our largest customers are located in other states like Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne (to name but a few).

Our Website and Print Services

Our services include (but are not limited to):

iPhone and iPad website design and development,
Get your website connected to Social Media Networks like Facebook and Twitter
Website, intranet and application design,
Website, intranet and application development
Upgrade or improve existing websites,
Print design, branding and print production,
Search engine optimisation (What is SEO?)
Google - tracking your visitors using Google Analytics and Google Adwords
Website development using Drupal Open Source Software to reduce costs

Website and Intranet Design and Build - New & Old Websites

We offer the full website development service: starting with creating a design concept based on your branding, creating the website design and then building your website. We will even arrange the hosting for you.

If your current website just needs a facelift, some new functionality added or even just some troubleshooting, we have the resources and website know-how to make the journey to a wonderful new functional website a breeze.

We pride ourselves on being reliable and delivering on time. Perhaps that is why our customers stay with us for years! (Lots of back patting going on here, I know...)

We build intranets, websites or specialised web applications. We'll even train you how to use your website once it has been completed.

How to Keep Development Costs Low for Small Business Websites

We are happy to help our customers reduce their development cost where possible by using Open Source resources like Drupal, Joomla! and the like (want to know more?) and are well versed in the tools of MYSQL.

Web Technologies

Our development and consulting services cover a wide range of technologies including but by no means limited to;

Coldfusion,
ASP.Net,
PHP,
MySQL and MS SQL Server database
iPad and iPhone applications and more.